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Release Round-Up: Week of June 14

June 14, 2024 by The Second Disc | 5 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of the new titles in stores today! As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases. David Bowie, Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (Parlophone/Rhino) 5CD/BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada This new 5CD/1Blu-ray collection from the late David Bowie follows 2019’s Conversation Piece (which shed light on the 1968-1969 David Bowie/Space Oddity era) and 2022’s Divine Symmetry (which chronicled the twelve months leading up to December 1971’s release of Hunky Dory). Rock ‘n’ Roll Star! takes an in-depth look at Bowie’s path to The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The…

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Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Audio, Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Cast Recordings, Classic Rock, Folk, Pop, Popular Standards/Vocal, R&B/Soul, Rock

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Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, George Benson, Jack Tempchin, Janis Siegel, Little Feat, Melanie, Mike Campbell, Paul McCartney, Seal, The Hollywood Stars, Truth, Will Butler, Wings

Release Round-Up: Week of May 20

May 20, 2022 by The Second Disc | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up, featuring a selection of titles arriving everywhere today. The Clash, Combat Rock + The People’s Hall: Special Edition (Columbia/Legacy) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada 3LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Ranking Roger 7″: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Legacy Recordings will release a 2CD or 3LP expansion of The Clash’s Combat Rock for its 40th anniversary. The album comes with a bonus disc of 12 rare and unreleased tracks curated by the band’s surviving members. The People’s Hall – the…

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CD, Cassette, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

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Art Blakey, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, John Coltrane, Kenny Rogers, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, The Clash, The Hollywood Stars, The Police, Thelonious Monk

Release Round-Up: Week of August 23

August 23, 2019 by Sam Stone | 1 Comment

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Here’s what arriving today, August 23. Elvis Presley, American Sound 1969 (RCA/Legacy) (Amazon U.S.) The Elvis 1969 celebration continues! In January of that year, Presley and his band began sessions with producer Chips Moman at American Sound Studios in Memphis, which resulted in his acclaimed From Elvis In Memphis album and its lead single “In the Ghetto.” He also laid down such iconic songs as “Suspicious Minds,” “Kentucky Rain,” “Rubberneckin’,” and “Don’t Cry Daddy” at the famed studio. American Sound 1969 (available digitally today, with a…

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Release Round-Up

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CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl

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Classic Rock, Country, Folk, Pop, R&B/Soul

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Arlo Guthrie, Bread, Elvis Presley, Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes, Tanya Tucker, The Emotions, The Hollywood Stars

All the Kids on the Street: The Hollywood Stars’ Lost 1976 Album “Sound City” Hits Stores in August

May 28, 2019 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

The Hollywood Stars are back. During the 1970s, the glitter rockers toured with The Kinks and supported such artists as The New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, Ramones, and even disco legend Sylvester – while future superstars like Journey, Van Halen, The Runaways, Quiet Riot, and The Knack all opened shows for the Stars. Yet their history on records has been a checkered one. Their 1974 debut album for Columbia Records remained shelved until 2013; a 1977 album on Arista came and went without the attention it deserved. Now, a “new” album recorded…

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